Dan Bongino on Tyre Nichols Beating Death: No Such Excuses for Such Poor Personnel

Police in Memphis The bodycam footage has been released The brutal beating of Tyre Nicks Friday sparked outrage and protests across the country. Many experts have offered their opinions on the actions taken by the five Memphis officers since the release.

Dan Bongino, a former NYPD officer, argued that what happened on January 7th was an act of God. “personnel issue,” Not a training issue. 

“Nobody is trained to do this. This is not a training issue. This is a personnel issue,” Bongino stated that Bongino spoke on “Fox & Friends Weekend” Saturday. “These guys are just bad guys. Who does this?”

“There is no attempt at all at any point in this scenario to deescalate. None. Zero.”

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Crump reports that Nichols was a FedEx worker and a skateboarder as well as a photographer. He also served as a father.
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Memphis officers Demetrius Haley and Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Hayley, Emmitt M III, Desmond Mills Jr., Justin Smith were all fired following the incident. Face multiple charges Included in the second-degree of murder.

Tyre Nichols, 29, was stopped by police “reckless driving” On January 7, at 8:30 pm, what started as a traffic stop quickly escalated into another. “confrontation” To occur. 

“While attempting to take the suspect into custody, another confrontation occurred; however, the suspect was ultimately apprehended,” Memphis Police Department said. 

Nichols complained that he felt short of breath. An ambulance was dispatched and he was transferred to St. Francis Hospital. Nichols was pronounced dead three days later.

Bongino watched the footage and criticized the officers for not doing enough to deescalate a traffic stop.

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“As any sane, rational lover of this country, it is our duty, no matter who we’re looking at in this video, a cop, a civilian, or any of us, to defend everyone’s God given rights. The Constitution just protects what God gave you. I’m not really sure that these cops understood that with this guy. I don’t understand what he did. They’re saying reckless driving. Why are you yanking him out of the car? Then? Where’s the ‘where’s your license?’ ‘Can we see your license, sir? We pulled you over for reckless driving.’ I don’t understand where any of that is.”

Bongino also shared a message with police officers to express concern over the brutality of the Tyre Nicks bodycam footage.

“We are not vigilantes. This isn’t freaking Judge Dredd, okay? We are paid to do a job. We are that thin crust on a volcano as that old adage goes. And we keep civilization along with our military internationally intact,” He stated.

“When those handcuffs are on or that subject stops resisting, that fight, damn it, it’s over, man. That fight is over. That is not your fight anymore. That’s not your fight anymore. It is for the judge and the judicial system and a jury, or if that he decides to plea and get a lawyer at that point. That is the purpose of a legal system. We are not animals. We are not savages. We don’t beat the living out of people to make a point. This isn’t a bar fight. We’re not bouncers. We are professionals.”

View from a camera above the intersection where Memphis police met Tyre Nichols. He died three days later. Authorities released video footage Friday of the fatal encounter between Nichols, police and officers.  
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“I didn’t do anything,” As Nichols was being yanked out of his car by police officers during the Jan. 7, traffic stop, you can hear him saying.

The Body camera video released Police officers use pepper spray. One officer returned to the scene with a baton.

“Watch out, I’ma baton the f— out you,” One officer said.

Officers can be seen hitting Nichols with the baton multiple times.

Nationwide protests erupted Nichols’ mom urged Americans not to protest after the video was released. 

RowVaughn, Nichols’ mother, made the comment during a candlelight ceremony Thursday night. The remarks came after the five Memphis officers involved in the Jan. 7, altercation were arrested for murder and other crimes. Thursday morning saw four of the five officers post bond and were released from prison. 

“When that tape comes out tomorrow, it’s going to be horrific. I didn’t see it, but from what I hear it’s going to be horrific,” Wells spoke to a crowd That had gathered at Tobey Skate Park.”But I want each and every one of you to protest in peace. I don’t want us burning up our cities, tearing up the streets because that’s not what my son stood for,” She continued. “And if you guys are here for me and Tyre, you will protest peacefully.” 

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Bongino cautioned that there shouldn’t be an “overreaction” Referring to the incident, it refers to calls for disbanding law enforcement units or defending police officers. 

“There are people out there, as the great Robert Woodson said before, who have made a grievance industry out of this, who see dollar signs and chaos in their future and that’s all they want,” Bongino said.

“Everybody needs to look at this and be sober and rational and reasonable and say, do we have this unit? What is it doing? Are there bad cops in it? Have we made bad personnel issues? Clearly, in this case, let’s clean the unit up, but let’s not fold to political pressure, which is going to, in the long run, get more young men and women killed by putting bad cops in units. This is a personnel issue. I’m telling you, this is not a training issue. Nobody is trained to do this.”

Former NYPD officer pointed out that these officers will be held accountable under the law for their involvement in Tyre Nichols’s death. 

“These officers were charged with murder. They will be subjected to a jury of their peers in a civilized constitutional republic. There is a process,” He stated.

Two officers were fired after they used excessive force and violated other policies. Two Memphis Fire Department personnel Following Nichols’s passing, also fired. 

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As Nichols family waits for justice to be served, Bongino said that no explanation nor reason can be given for the horrible actions against Tyre Nichols this month.

“The hard reality here, when you look at the moral and ethical universe here, is the ‘why’ here really doesn’t matter. There is no excuse for that.”

Fox News’ Greg Norman and Adam Sabes, Lawrence Richard, Brie Richard and Brie Steimson contributed to this report.

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